Pay & Benefits
House appropriators approve 3.9 percent civilian pay raise
Figure is equal to the raise recently approved by the House for military service members.
Defense
Defense’s largest construction project still behind schedule, over budget
The military community center being built at Ramstein Air Base in Germany is struggling with construction and management problems.
Oversight
From Nextgov: NOAA awards contract to manage huge stores of environmental data
Goal is to make it easier for researchers to search the petabytes of weather information the agency collects.
Defense
Panel OKs expansion, more funds for 'predisaster' grants
According to FEMA, the program has distributed $500 million in grants for nearly 1,500 projects.
Defense
GAO releases detailed report on Boeing's tanker protest
Air Force has 60 days to review the report and decide whether to re-open the competition.
Defense
Committee approves $72.7B military construction spending bill
Bill includes $47.7 billion in discretionary spending for Veterans Affairs Department, nearly $3 billion more than the president's request.
Pay & Benefits
House panel solicits suggestions on increasing diversity in federal workforce
Top-level involvement and hard data are crucial to ensuring inclusion, say industry and agency leaders.
Oversight
GSA's Williams named to head agency
Current head of Federal Acquisition Service earns nod from White House to take over.
Defense
Lawmakers slam State, Defense officials for not sharing information on weapons dealer
Indicted contractor was on a State Department watch list and had defaulted on Defense contracts before being awarded $300 million Army munitions contract.
Management
Do As You Say
The Air Force unintentionally reminds federal managers to follow the rules.
Defense
Groups to warn panel about economic effect of seizing laptops
Customs’ practice of confiscating electronic devices and downloading data would have chilling effect on business travel, interest groups plan to testify.
Defense
From Nextgov.com: Military plans to implement patient-controlled electronic health records
System could be in place by the end of the year.
Oversight
Congress likely to approve six-month FAA extension
A full FAA reauthorization effort is expected next year.
Defense
House appropriators approve DHS spending bill
Bill would boost funding for state and local homeland security grant programs by $2 billion more than administration requested.
Pay & Benefits
IRS makes mid-year adjustment to mileage reimbursement rate
Federal employees could receive an 8-cent bump in reimbursement for driving personal vehicles for work.
Oversight
Generation Gap
Obama is losing white voters born between 1944 and 1958 --pretty much the lion's share of the Baby Boomers -- by 18 percentage points.
Oversight